Odum Banking Building, U.S. Highway 341, 80 feet southeast of Carter Avenue, Odum, Wayne County, GA. Surveyed as HABS GA-2274, with a 493-word written history.
“The Odum Banking Building is historically significant as a c. commercial brick structure located within the town of Odum.”
Written record, HABS GA-2274 survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS GA-2274 · the record runs 493 words · one of 12 surveyed structures published for this county.
Source document Quoted word for word from HABS GA-2274. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
The Odum Banking Building is historically significant as a c. commercial brick structure located within the town of Odum. It contributes to an understanding of the commercial development of this early twentieth century railroad town. Description: This single story brick building measures approximately 22 feet wide by 40 feet deep. It displays a wooden double front entrance with a boarded up transom light. The front entrance is flanked by two windows, the upper portion of which also have been boarded up. The flat roof displays a parapet with decorative brick corbelling. Four segmentally arched windows on the eastern side have been filed in with cement block. The interior exhibits lowered ceilings and wood paneled walls. A rear brick and metal addition adds approximately 15 feet to the rear.
History: The Odum Banking Building, constructed c. reportedly was built by Leonard Carter. The current owner, Gladwin Lamar Harper, purchased the building from Walter E. Ring on September 5, (Wayne County Deed book page Ring purchased the building from Perkins on January 23, (Wayne County Deed Book page Perkins acquired the building from the estate of Ellis Aspinwall on May 10, (Wayne County Deed Book 86, page A deed recording Aspinwall's purchase could not be located. However, a deed described the Odum Banking Company as being located on this site (Wayne County Deed Book 39, pages . The only other deed reference to this located noted that the L. Carter Company purchased the building from Odum on January 24, (~ayne County Deed Book 29, page .
Source document Quoted word for word from HABS GA-2274. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
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| Odum, Georgia | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Wayne County, Georgia | 59 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal surveyors worked through Odum building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Odum | HABS GA-2267 | 1,377 words | |
| Poppell's Hardware | HABS GA-2271 | 529 words | |
| Hires General Store | HABS GA-2272 | 463 words | |
| Walker's Service Station | HABS GA-2269 | 447 words | |
| Ahl-Dean-Hires Building | HABS GA-2275 | 440 words | |
| Tyre House | HABS GA-2280 | 421 words | |
| Kicklighter-Daniel-Morris Building | HABS GA-2270 | 406 words | |
| Withrow House | HABS GA-2281 | 397 words | |
| Aspinwall Building | HABS GA-2289 | 394 words | |
| Aspinwall-Perkins-Hires Building | HABS GA-2273 | 363 words | |
| Peggy's Beauty Shop | HABS GA-2268 | 359 words |
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